Community spread of legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in temporal relation to a nosocomial outbreak

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 194-199

  Darelid, J ^a   Hallander, H ^a   Lofgren S ^a   Malmvall, B E ^a   Olinder Nielsen, A M ^a  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT; SAMPLE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SWEDEN; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; NURSES' AIDES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SWEDEN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0035090950     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540151060824     Document Type: Article

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